Properly Skewered
Captain Ed has a great post up showing why we shouldn’t trust Sen. Obama’s supposed conversion to the pro-drilling side. Here’s a video of Obama from Springfield, Missouri:
The time difference between his speech in Springfield, Missouri and his Florida flip-flop was 48 hours.
Why the switch? Here’s what I said in my post about Obama changing his mind:
Supplies didn’t suddenly tighten. Prices didn’t suddenly spike. All that happened was that Sen. Obama saw this issue standing between himself and the White House.
While it’s true that Sen. McCain changed his mind on drilling on the OCS, that change took 18 months, not 48 hours. In those 18 months (roughly speaking), prices spiked dramatically and the economy sunk significantly because of high gas prices. I’m betting that most people would say that McCain’s shift was logical. I’d bet the ranch that most people would have difficulty giving justification for Sen. Obama’s 48 hour ‘transformation’.
It isn’t difficult making the case that Sen. Obama’s ‘transformation’ has more to do with polling in Florida showing people approving of offshore drilling than it has to do with economic principles or conditions.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog